Short video of "Bear's Eternally Annoying Royal Band" (including yours frogly) playing at a party the Saturday before Mardi Gras. Low quality video (half of it sideways), though some of the good-time spirit comes through.

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I gave a presentation at the New Orleans Music Colloquium (topic was Storyville this year). As is often the case, I also did a radio show dealing with some of the same material in a more casual manner ( Read more... )

Since my last update, I've played a "jazz funeral" parade for a dog... (If one of your thoughts when your beloved dog dies is to get a brass band to parade around a circuit of your dog's favorite neighborhood places while inviting friends to dance in the streets in your dog's honor, you might be a New Orleanian. I think this city can get more life ( Read more... )

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Two short musical obits I posted elsewhere on LiveJournal:

John Arpin, amazing ragtime pianist

Doc Paulin, trumpeter bandleader; over 100 years old (he may never have been sure when he was born himself).

Speaking of things musical and dating back more than a century:

Via keeper1st: Recording and playing back a ragtime piano performance on pre-1903 ( Read more... )

Froggy out and about: Oktoberfest, Jazz, Halloween, and Opera

I'm frequently aware of all the events around town I'd like to get to but don't. I therefore tend to think of myself as not going to music and special events nearly as much as I should, but as the photo post earlier today shows, I am getting out some. Perhaps a good amount.

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A few of the things I've been up to around New Orleans from the past couple weeks.

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A New Car! Not for me though.Beth asked me along for support and company as she bought a new car. She'd researched well, and was conflicted between getting the Honda Fit and the Honda Civic Hybrid. The Hybrid is significantly more expensive and smaller, but hey, it's a hybrid, which Beth found a strong inherent draw. The fact that she couldn't ( Read more... )

Bastille Day Tumble in the French Quarter last Saturday night

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